New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-19
THE TALK OF TIE DAY.

In some parts OF California the Indians gather
a certain poisonous plant In great quantities, ana
throw It into pool brook where they know there
are trout Then they whip the water with branches
until the Juice Of the plant eIudes. The result Is
that largo numbers OF trout become stupefed and
come to the surface. where they easily captured
A. Bronson AIcott has kept journal ever since he
was a boy. Among the earliest entries are the
following: went In sw mmn' to-day; Rsad r1 nt
day began kritcle study OF ito Creke tragedse out
Ralf Emer on come around and We conglooded W
20 after Chlpmunks.' -(turl ngton frec-Press
Clubs that are In favor OF protection will find in
another page advertisement which may interest
them.
A man who f. n father for the first timo Is o
living example OF the tendency Of the human intellect
to mild insanity during periods Of great excitement
sented by his wife the other day with lite daughter
Leaving his brain at home, he dashed up to :" he Bee
office and asked that the following be inserted:
ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAoRDIN AIRY.
Miss -, oontralto OF rare exec lence, compass
and power. made her irst appearance In the presence
select circle of friends and relatives at the rcsi
Her singing weight is eight pounds.
The gent eman was humored In his whim' and treated
tcnderiy, rs the nature and danger of his aiimcnt
necessltated. The item was not published. We were
"cruel only to be Kind "-sacramento Rec.
The sportsmen OF Potsdam, st. Lawrence County,
have been enjoying thor annual squirrel hunt. Ii
would appear to be a good year for squirrels. The
score Of squirrels killed footed up $500 Mr.. Perrin
alone being credited with the slaughter of i,l9o. Tho
view which the squirrels themselves took Of the ex
ercIses OF the day Is not stated.
people who 20 into the woods never need to get
lost, according TO old Allen Thompson. who says: 81
never use q CONF ass; In fact don't need any There
are three surs Sas You ha win notice that three f5urS.
OF tho moss trees grows on the north sile, inc
heaviest Sou rs on reo on apo ws O
uninIured hemlock tips to tho east You Just remem
Der these things and you'll never get iosI"-'st'
King Ralakaua OF the Sandwich Islands has invited
the yachtsmen Of san Francisco to como and help
him celebrate his nftieth birthday, November i6.
1t has been dclcatey lntmated to the jolly tars that
the occasion will not DO ono to which Prohbitonist
could point with pride.
Natural spellng.-Mrs. Mugsins-Aro you up
Johnny-Ao, 1 got down to-day
"on the word syndicate. Teacher said 1t should
siiumph She had better read her Bible little
moro II she thinks Elm Is spelled with y Omaha
World
"the coming horse" out what We all want Is horse
that goes.
"The High Knob Brlden the most influential paper
I'm Goatrrn County, recently contained the following
week o n ard ON the heels Of ths thief,
the announcement made by fellow named D"nnens s
that young awyer named BacOn-nlnny name,
surey-wrOte q book that several years has been
claimed by Snowman named Shakespeare. In the
matter of literary thieveN, as We ourselves can
testify, this IL a mighty corrupt age. That's right
Mr. Donney, publish them; and right here we want To
tell the editor OF The Ace Of Spades that II he does
not stop robbng US OF our hard-earned thunder we
will not only expose him, but Will stripe his Jacket
-(ArlSansas Traveller.
proud Philadeiphian says that the Quaker City
had glorious constitutional weather last week. Not
SO fast the times pretty stormy when the con-
stttuton was frat adopted
Broke Out Agaln-"Juus,' said an old colored
man TO his SON as they came down town together
OF the Army OF tho Tennessee "dis ar too late fur
To tn of July"
"Can't be dat, daddy"
"An It's too airly fur Christmas.'
$50 10 ar"
"Den what's all dis fuss about ~
al doan' jst know, but it's sunthin bout do s0jers
an do wah."
(" What Has do wah dun broke out againf Looks
dat way fur suah Julius, take me by the hand an
lead me to place whar' dey pay 5000 ward bounty
fur cherry recruit, an II YOU let on dat Ia day
over fotv vars ole I'll take yer homo and mako We
,unp Jim crow powerful lively Lead on Julius.
want to die fur my kentry. "-{Detrot Free Press
President wright of tho Chicago Board Of Trade
appears to DO one Of those rough rugged mon who
rather glory In telling what they regard tho truth,
provided 1t IL uni pleasant. He has boon described
as one "who was born with arms rigdly akirnbo, q